Weather Records on 1 October 1944

583 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1944. Highest significance: Robe Comparison, AU.

Key Facts for 1 October 1944

On 1 October 1944, 583 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
42 were record highs and 219 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 560 daily.
Robe Comparison set a daily record precipitation of 31.5 mm (1.2 in) on 1 October 1944.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

583 stations

583 station records on 1 October 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Raigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton (Glen Ewin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Puralka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McIntyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moutajup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sakti	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Apsley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Streatham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Khamaria	India	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orman Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caveside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sundance	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Keonjhargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deerfield Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kanawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Simga	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape de Couedic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rosebery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dumont 2 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote (Karinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Seaton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gandai	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kamakhyanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gopiballabhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Irishtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ranchi	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

583 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 160, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 310, Heaviest daily snowfall 12.

Records on 1 October 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	160
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	310
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 October 1944 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 560.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

514 broken records

Margins by which the 514 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1944

Top 20 records on 1 October 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1944	Robe Comparison, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	83 years	73 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1944	Cape Borda Comparison, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1944	Raigarh, IN	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1944	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1944	Smith Bay (Smiths Bay), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1944	Lake Leake (Kooeeyong), AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1944	Sundance, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1944	Moina, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1944	Houghton (Glen Ewin), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1944	Kingston SE, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1944	Puralka, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1944	Mount McIntyre, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1944	Moutajup, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1944	Dartmoor, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1944	Sakti, IN	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1944	Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1944	Apsley, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1944	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1944	Zeehan Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1944	Beachport, AU	monthly rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	1 year	36 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1813 to 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1944. 1944 had 583 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 10-01 in each year
Year	Records
1813	1
1814	1
1817	1
1819	1
1820	2
1823	1
1828	1
1845	1
1847	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	4
1876	1
1877	3
1879	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1893	9
1894	4
1895	1
1897	7
1898	1
1899	16
1900	2
1901	4
1902	16
1903	9
1904	8
1905	8
1906	11
1907	11
1908	20
1909	14
1910	12
1911	34
1912	37
1913	20
1914	28
1915	65
1916	105
1917	52
1918	20
1919	25
1920	98
1921	129
1922	160
1923	158
1924	86
1925	135
1926	181
1927	754
1928	129
1929	158
1930	106
1931	237
1932	220
1933	519
1934	188
1935	201
1936	388
1937	453
1938	284
1939	283
1940	207
1941	425
1942	290
1943	324
1944	583
1945	677
1946	486
1947	867
1948	271
1949	254
1950	1,019
1951	521
1952	712
1953	656
1954	976
1955	280
1956	260
1957	646
1958	1,050
1959	1,306
1960	143
1961	566
1962	376
1963	598
1964	312
1965	521
1966	646
1967	437
1968	426
1969	454
1970	275
1971	1,449
1972	625
1973	418
1974	1,104
1975	561
1976	854
1977	1,097
1978	492
1979	488
1980	600
1981	785
1982	733
1983	783
1984	1,266
1985	1,621
1986	1,476
1987	648
1988	502
1989	739
1990	612
1991	1,020
1992	1,392
1993	1,042
1994	580
1995	746
1996	1,007
1997	1,080
1998	1,345
1999	1,096
2000	1,006
2001	924
2002	951
2003	1,198
2004	826
2005	902
2006	806
2007	726
2008	573
2009	1,051
2010	1,093
2011	1,324
2012	647
2013	515
2014	397
2015	729
2016	473
2017	472
2018	694
2019	2,439
2020	566
2021	753
2022	609
2023	1,173
2024	751
2025	384
2026	553

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	487
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	2